Primo Levi's Universe: A Writer's Journey

by Risa B. Sodi, Sam Magavern, Jonathan Rosen

Primo Levi (191987) is a complex and difficult writer to see fully. His If This Is a Man, The Periodic Table, and The Drowned and the Saved are profound meditations on Auschwitz, but the various formats and viewpoints he used can make it hard to grasp a clear understanding of his work, influence, and importance. Magavern (law, Univ. at Buffalo), who stresses the greatness of Levi, has attempted a short biographic and literary reading of the complete...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230606474
• ISBN13: 9780230606470
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.0" x 8.1"